MILITARY ADVISORY PANEL

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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 10, 1989
• Content Type: MEMO

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Military Advisory Panel
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
NIC No. 89-00029
National Intelligence Council 10 January 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT: Military Advisory Panel
1. 1988 was not the Military Advisory Panel's best year. With its
focus redirected towards cultivation of Commanders in Chief of the Unified
and Specified Commands, the Panel lost sight of its original objective of
advising on national estimates that covered military subjects. After
discussing this problem with Panel members at Bob Gates's request, we plan
to reinstate military estimates as the focus of Panel activities.
2. Since General Paul Gorman, the current Chairman, has asked to be
relieved and some Panel members are due for rotation, we also polled the
Panel and others regarding replacements.
3. Major General Jasper Welch, USAF (Retired) is recommended for the
chairmanship. A current member of the Panel, General Welch holds a Ph.D in
Physics from Berkeley and during a long Air Force career served on the
National Security Council staff, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
at the Rand Corporation, 1.1(1 AS Accistant Chief of Staff of the Air Force
for Studies and Analysis.I
4. We also have four candidates for new members for the Panel.
o Lt. General James A. Abrahamson, USA (Retired) headed up the
Pentagon's SDI office until late 1988. He would bring technical
knowledge to the Panel.
O General Perry Smith, USAF (Retired) - West Point graduate, he holds
a Ph.D. and was President of the National Defense University. He would
bring intellectual and analytical skills to the Panel.
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o General Edward C. Meyer, USA (Retired) - Army Chief of Staff from
1979 until his retirement in 1983. General Meyer has a special interest
in the study of competitive strategies. Having served in combat in both
the Korean and Vietnam Wars he would bring to the Panel a broad military
background and a keen intellect.
o General John W. Vessey, Jr. USA (Retired) - General Vessey was
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1982 to 1985. Known as a
soldier's soldier, General Vessey would apply a practical eye to our
work.
5. Assuming two or three of these four accept our offer, we will need
to rotate one or two members off the Panel. though an expert
on the Soviet Union, is not particularly verse n mi itarv matters.
6. For your information a current list of Panel members follows:
Admiral Robert Long, USN (Retired)
Dr. Edward L. Warner III (Rand)
General Paul F. Gorman, USA (Retired)
Ambassador Seymour Weiss (SY Associates)
General John W. Vogt, USAF (Retired)
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